Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into China Mobile, GWM, Sensetime, and outflows from Tencent, HKEx, CCB, Meituan, BYD.</li>
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We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight inflows into China Mobile, GWM, Sensetime, and outflows from Tencent, HKEx, CCB, Meituan, BYD.


Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly: First Monthly Outflows in 12 Months

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of February 24th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for China Mobile, Tencent, Byd, China Construction Bank.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of February 24th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for China Mobile, Tencent, Byd, China Construction Bank.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Feb 24th): China Mobile, Tencent, Byd, CCB

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

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<li>Our Insight <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/is-there-a-january-effect-in-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:85565" rel="noopener">Is There a January Effect in Hang Seng Index?</a> correctly pointed to a strong Jan 2023. Based on historical pattern, Mar will be weak while Apr is positive.<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/smartkarma-webinar-is-there-still-hope-for-crypto-in-2023" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:86525" rel="noopener"></a>
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<li>Macro factors including Russia-Ukraine war, Sino-US tension, disappointing US CPI and potentially weak 4Q22 corporate earnings are negative to HSI performance in Mar.</li>
<li>In Apr, focus may shift to positive factors which include improved clarity on US rate after FOMC meeting, better guidances for 1Q23 result and favourable policies after NPC/CPPCC.</li>
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Our Insight Is There a January Effect in Hang Seng Index? correctly pointed to a strong Jan 2023. Based on historical pattern, Mar will be weak while Apr is positive.

Macro factors including Russia-Ukraine war, Sino-US tension, disappointing US CPI and potentially weak 4Q22 corporate earnings are negative to HSI performance in Mar.
In Apr, focus may shift to positive factors which include improved clarity on US rate after FOMC meeting, better guidances for 1Q23 result and favourable policies after NPC/CPPCC.


What Is the Historical HSI Moves in Next Two Months, and Will It Follow This Year?

<ul>
<li>We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Meituan, HKEX, China Unicom, Shenzhou Intl, Sensetime, and outflows from Xiaomi, HSBC, Anta Sports, China Pacific.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight inflows into Meituan, HKEX, China Unicom, Shenzhou Intl, Sensetime, and outflows from Xiaomi, HSBC, Anta Sports, China Pacific.


Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly: 12 Months of Inflows

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<li>"Buy the Worst" strategy returned 1.9% in 2022, sharply outperformed HSI's 15% drop. In the last two years, this strategy recorded massive aggregate outperformance of 41pp against HSI.</li>
<li>For 2023, we expect to switch into <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/country-garden-holdings-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5225:1" rel="noopener">Country Garden (2007 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunny-optical-tech" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13363:1" rel="noopener">Sunny Optical (2382 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/country-garden-services-holdings-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27343:1" rel="noopener">Country Garden Services (6098 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/geely-automobile-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:127:1" rel="noopener">Geely Auto (175 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/techtronic-industries-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4561:1" rel="noopener">Techtronic Industries (669 HK)</a>. </li>
<li>Aggressive investors can consider shorting 2022 best-performing portfolio of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sands-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:182:1" rel="noopener">Sands China (1928 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haidilao-international-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27044:1" rel="noopener">Haidilao (6862 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/galaxy-entertainment-group-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:806:1" rel="noopener">Galaxy Entertainment (27 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-shenhua-energy-co-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:382:1" rel="noopener">China Shenhua (1088 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-unicom-hong-kong-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1016:1" rel="noopener">China Unicom (762 HK)</a>. </li>
</ul>


"Buy the Worst" strategy returned 1.9% in 2022, sharply outperformed HSI's 15% drop. In the last two years, this strategy recorded massive aggregate outperformance of 41pp against HSI.
For 2023, we expect to switch into Country Garden (2007 HK), Sunny Optical (2382 HK), Country Garden Services (6098 HK), Geely Auto (175 HK) and Techtronic Industries (669 HK). 
Aggressive investors can consider shorting 2022 best-performing portfolio of Sands China (1928 HK), Haidilao (6862 HK), Galaxy Entertainment (27 HK), China Shenhua (1088 HK) and China Unicom (762 HK). 


"Buy the Worst" HSI Strategy: Big Win in 2022 and Let's See if It Can Sustain in 2023

Hong Kong

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services in the People's Republic of China.  The Company's services include cellular, paging, long distance, data, and Internet services.

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Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly: First Monthly Outflows in 12 Months

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for February and highlight flows for China Mobile, GWM, Sensetime, Tencent, HKEx, CCB, Meituan, BYD.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Feb 24th): China Mobile, Tencent, Byd, CCB

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for China Mobile, Tencent, Byd, China Construction Bank.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

What Is the Historical HSI Moves in Next Two Months, and Will It Follow This Year?

Historically, Mar is a weak month for HSI while Apr is generally with positive return. Macro factors in this year look to support this pattern,...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly: 12 Months of Inflows

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for December and highlight flows for Meituan, HKEX, China Unicom, Shenzhou Intl, Sensetime, Xiaomi, HSBC,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

"Buy the Worst" HSI Strategy: Big Win in 2022 and Let's See if It Can Sustain in 2023

"Buy the Worst" strategy outperformed HSI by 16.9pp in 2022. For 2023, we expect to switch into Country Garden, Sunny Optical, Country Garden...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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